Feeling Broken?

Are there times where you feel “broken”? Maybe its being overwhelmed, sad, depressed, sore, tired, hurt, any of these adjectives might work… but sometimes I feel like the best way to describe it, especially if there is one or more adjectives involved, is BROKEN! I feel like I have many of these days. I have been somewhat diagnosed with fibromyalgia and also autoimmune thyroid disease. Currently, it is just fibromyalgia.. until my thyroid levels are out of whack, then the full diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease. Regardless, it has been a LONG journey with countless doctors, tests, scans, pokes, and then do all of that over and over again, with really little to no help at feeling better. It’s a lot of nasty joint pain, extreme tiredness, forgetfulness, headaches, skin issues, itchiness, and weight gain. I try different “diets” or different ways to eat.. gluten free, foods that will limit or help inflammation, whole 30, however I feel that I cannot stick to them because 1. I LOVE food, and 2. when I get depressed or don’t like how I look, I get upset and EAT!!!! When I get upset with how I look, not how others feel or tell me. I do workouts.. most days.. but several times seem to feel more sore or hurt more after I do that. It almost makes you think, is it worth it? I know that it IS worth it, and it does make me feel a little better mentally after I do it. However, I feel like so many of these things play into each other. We adults have a lot to do, not just us moms, all of us. Daytime jobs, sometimes other jobs, kids and their homework, sometimes our own school work, cooking meals, laundry, cleaning, and countless other things, all while trying to make time for you yourself. This is the big one that MOST of the time gets forgotten. When we forget to make time for ourselves, or do something, albeit even something so small as to meditate for 5 mins, it makes all of those aforementioned things SO much bigger and stressful at times. I know I am guilty of this. Not only do we want to get all of these things done, we want to do them to the best of our ability.. as well as setting good examples for our children. THIS IS A LOT! I know what this all feels like, and after a while, it can make me feel a little “broken”. How do you guys help beat this feeling… what things do you do when you take time for yourself, small or big? I guess if we can do anything small, let’s just take a slow, deep breath and then start again. What do guys think?! 🙂